The rest of the world has forgotten the event. But for the Crimean Tatars being forgotten is nothing new. When singer Jamala, won the Eurovision contest in May, defeating a Russian singer, with a song titled “1944,” the celebrations in her homeland were painfully subdued. As they sat in their kitchens (which throughout the former Soviet Union...

Talks between NATO and Russia in Warsaw on Wednesday were “an important opportunity to clarify our position,” the alliance’s secretary-general said. Jens Stoltenberg said they discussed a range of issues at the rare talks, including the Ukraine crisis and the stationing of NATO troops in the Baltic states and in Poland. But he cautioned...

Following the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance of the political dialogue between the Alliance and Moscow. The meeting discussed some of the most important issues on the Euro-Atlantic security agenda, NATO’s press service informs. The main focus was on the...

Martin Sajdik said: “Meetings of all the four subgroups took place today. Participants of the subgroup on security affairs continued discussing the main matters concerning the principles of separating the forces. The subgroup will continue working this evening and possibly tomorrow.” …read more Source:...

In 2014, young Richard Mayne was one of 298 people killed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine when a missile blew their plane out of the sky. On the eve of the second anniversary, his family have no doubt where the blame really liesOn 17 July 2014, Richard Mayne was upstairs in his bedroom, stuffing clothes into a suitcase. It was 1am. A few hours...

The importance of emotions over “facts” is something that the Leave campaign seemed instinctively to understand. In a recent BBC documentary a woman stood crying in front of a selection of potatoes at the supermarket. There was a dizzying array of potatoes on offer – but she just couldn’t choose between them. The presenter, David Eagleman,...

The cabinet of Bulgaria has adopted a draft MoU with Slovakia on the Eastring pipeline project, its press office says. At its regular Wednesday meeting, it has moved to throw political support behind the project whose idea is to link the existing natural gas infrastructure of Bulgaria and Slovakia via Romania and Hungary.The transport corridor,...

LONDON — As I wandered around the anti-Brexit protests in London last weekend, I saw nothing on the many placards in the air that could counter the simple message of their opponents. The Leave camp’s “Take Back Control” and proliferation of national flags have a powerful emotional pull, one that pro-Europeans have struggled to deliver....

According to Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev, Bulgaria maintains well-coordinated and peaceful foreign policy. In an interview for private bTV station on Tuesday, Nenchev was firm that Bulgaria does not have two foreign policies. In his opinion, the country has a single foreign policy, there have never been discrepancies and each stance and...